I am a college student who also has a Facebook, and is exposed to the many different life paths my fellow college aged friends take. Something that I have noticed as I have gotten a little older and nearing the end of college is that people my age have aged. And I don't mean they look old or anything, they are actually in a different frame of life than I am, and honestly I am a bit terrified for myself.

I thought I was doing well, just living life in the college way: attending class everyday kind of, going on the occasional outings with my friends, and living off of stale bread and mini raviolis. And then I click on the good ole Facebook and find photo after photo of engagement rings, proposals, and some babies. So I along with my friends take a look on our life and have to decide when growing up actually happens. When does it happen, though? I'm still lost.

How are other 20 year olds already getting their life together so well? How are they finding husbands or anyone that wants to be with them for an extended amount of time? How does that person find someone else that has enough money to buy them a nice ring? Also where does one find that person to buy me a ring or have that mindset at all?

Just writing this, I am sitting on my couch, watching "Like Mike" (a true classic of course) eating chocolate chip cookie dough, and wondering what time I should wake up to maybe make it to my 11 a.m. class, and I am content. I am content looking not knowing what my future holds, or who will be in it. I am content scrolling through Facebook and feeling a little uneasy knowing that I am nowhere near being at that adult level yet.

I feel like in order for me to turn into an actual adult, I should endure the time where I feel like I am messing up. I need these times of slip-ups, of heart break, of craziness, for me to become the real person I know I will be eventually. And with adultness, comes bills and that's just never happening.

So, while I am envious of the people who know what they want and already have it, I am grateful for these times of college where I find it okay to not know what is next. So, to all of you who are making me scared that my future is really far away, I am proud of you. You did it, and honestly it’s a really awesome thing. And for those of you like me, who still have a ton to figure out and are nowhere near starting a family, and still actually the baby of your own family, then that is also okay. This is our time to live it up, make mistakes, and see where these next few years take us.